The lives of some 160,000 Syrian Kurds are ... dealing with the extremist threat. ... plans to respond to the threat of terrorism now that it is known ...

http://www.bible-prophecy.com/2014/terrorism2014-2.htm

U.S. to send about 200 more special operations troops to Iraq to fight Islamic State

“Specialized expeditionary targeting force” members will serve as advisors to the Iraqi military and Kurdish militias ... role in Iraq and Syria, and President Obama's vow to not put U.S. “boots on the ground” to fight …

In Iraq, the U.S. is assembling a specialized “expeditionary” force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish ... front in Syria against Islamic State extremists that Pentagon officials said would rely on local rebels who went through a U.

And the ISIS threat is becoming ... giving moderate Iraqi Sunnis the same devolved powers as Kurds in Kurdistan so they have a political alternative to ISIS. And you need Iran to agree to a political transition in Syria that …

New York TimesEconomic Times •
2 years ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/opinion/02friedman.html

Defense chief: New US special operations force headed to Iraq to fight Islamic State militants

WASHINGTON – For the first time in the year-plus fight against Islamic State militants, the U.S. is putting American combat troops on the ground in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria ... likely would be mixed with Kurdish troops or others who ...

The force "puts everyone on notice in Syria ... Kurdish peshmerga through approval of the Iraqi central government, and may operate unilaterally in Syria. Polling after the attacks in Paris and Beirut found Americans …

Kurdish liberation ... State group in northern Iraq, and in the battle of Kobane, northern Syria, the PKK-affiliate YPG emerged as the most effective force fighting them. The anomaly of the PKK’s listing as a designated …

Some have been airlifted out by Iraq's Air Force and others fled into Syria with the help of Kurdish militants. In Syria, the Yazidi volunteers train in weapon use and fighting tactics for several days before being sent back to Mount Sinjar to fight ...

He said the majority were members of the Free Syrian Army and that there were a further 20,000 Kurdish fighters with whom Britain ... the failure to address the impact on the terrorist threat or the refugee crisis and …

BBC •
2 years ago

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-34980504

Britain looks set to fight IS in Syria as Cameron seeks Commons support

Spelling out the choice facing MPs, Mr Cameron said: "We face a fundamental threat to our security. Isil have brutally murdered British hostages, they have inspired the worst terrorist ... Free Syrian Army, while there were a further 20,000 Kurdish ...

Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off debate by saying that ISIS is a threat to the British people, proved in part through beheading of UK hostages in the Middle East and other atrocities. "This is not about whether we …